Five Centuries of the English Language and Literature: Volume CCCCC of the Tauchnitz EdBernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz B. Tauchnitz, 1860 - 429 pages |
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... Never could I have flattered myself , that I should be able to achieve such a result , when more than eighteen years ago , I published the first volume ** of the Series , incited to the undertaking by the high opinion and enthusiastic ...
... Never could I have flattered myself , that I should be able to achieve such a result , when more than eighteen years ago , I published the first volume ** of the Series , incited to the undertaking by the high opinion and enthusiastic ...
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... never seen Petrarch's version , describes with accuracy the character of this poem when he observes , in one of his letters to Lord Holland , that it closely resembles the manner of Ariosto . ] THER is at the west ende of Ytaile , Doun ...
... never seen Petrarch's version , describes with accuracy the character of this poem when he observes , in one of his letters to Lord Holland , that it closely resembles the manner of Ariosto . ] THER is at the west ende of Ytaile , Doun ...
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... never yit refusid youre hest , And we wil , lord , if that ye wil assent Chese yow a wyf , in schort tyme atte lest , Born of the gentilest and the heighest Of al this lond , so that it oughte seme Honour to God and yow , as we can deme ...
... never yit refusid youre hest , And we wil , lord , if that ye wil assent Chese yow a wyf , in schort tyme atte lest , Born of the gentilest and the heighest Of al this lond , so that it oughte seme Honour to God and yow , as we can deme ...
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... never grucche ne stryve . For sins I schal forgo my liberte At your request , as ever mot I thrive , Ther as myn hert is set , ther wil I wyve . And but ye wil assent in such manere , I pray yow spek no more of this matiere . " With ...
... never grucche ne stryve . For sins I schal forgo my liberte At your request , as ever mot I thrive , Ther as myn hert is set , ther wil I wyve . And but ye wil assent in such manere , I pray yow spek no more of this matiere . " With ...
Page 69
... wondrid hem , in how honest manere And tendurly sche kept hir fader deere ; But outerly Grisildes wonder might , For never erst ne saugh sche such a sight . No wonder is though that sche were astoned , To CANTERBURY TALES . 69.
... wondrid hem , in how honest manere And tendurly sche kept hir fader deere ; But outerly Grisildes wonder might , For never erst ne saugh sche such a sight . No wonder is though that sche were astoned , To CANTERBURY TALES . 69.
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